Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Joseph Gehr and Anna Maria Clipps




Husband Joseph Gehr 1

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           Died: 1798 2
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         Father: John Gehr (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Catharine [Unk] (      -      ) 1


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Wife Anna Maria Clipps 1

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           Died: 1830 2
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Children
1 M Adam Gehr 2

           Born: 20 May 1776 2
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2 M Baltzer Gehr 2

           Born: 1780 - Lancaster Co, PA 2
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           Died: Abt 1882
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3 M Samuel Gehr 2

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4 M Jacob Gehr 2

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5 M John Gehr 2

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6 M Joseph Gehr 2

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Gehr


He was constable of Earl township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1768 and 1770. During the Revolution he was captain of the 5th company of Col. John Huber's 9th Battalion, Lancaster County militia, in 1777, and of the 4th Company, of Lieutenant Bower's 3d Battalion, Aug. 26, 1780. He lived in Cocalico township, Lancaster County, and was a member of the Lutheran Church at Scheafferstown. In 1780, he removed to Somerset County, and later to Summit township, Crawford County, where the Gehrs purchased land from the Pennsylvania Population Company, in 1797.

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Sources


1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 330.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 331.


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